Book
A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316492096
- ISBN: 0316492094
- Physical Description: 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | First published in Great Britain in November 2019 by Sceptre" -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Last man standing -- As you wave me goodbye -- They will come -- Wolves -- Pineapples and champagne -- Never at sea -- Roberts -- Oak leaves and Christmas trees -- The aces and the note -- The citadel -- Raspberry -- The royal key -- The elephant has landed -- Nulli secundus -- The battle of birds and wolves: part I -- The battle of birds and wolves: part II -- Honours -- The gun in the night -- The sisterhood of the linoleum -- Postscript -- Epilogue. |
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| Genre: | Creative nonfiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | 940.54516 Park (Text) | 33294002080406 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Simon Parkin is an award-winning British writer and journalist. He is a contributing writer for the New Yorker, game critic for the Observer newspaper, and a regular contributor to the Guardian's Long Read. He is the recipient of two awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and his work has been featured in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He lives on the south coast of England.
